The Orlando Magic (1-0) face the Brooklyn Nets (0-1) at 7:00 PM ET on Friday, October 25, 2024 on YES and FDS-FL.
The Magic enter their game against the Nets as double-digit favorites. The Magic are favored by 11.5 points. The matchup features a point total of 216.5.
Magic vs. Nets betting odds
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- Spread: Orlando -11.5
- Total: 216.5
- Moneyline: Orlando -592, Brooklyn +440
Nets at Magic odds, spread, & more
Prediction
- Pick ATS: Magic (- 11.5)
- Pick OU:
Over (216.5)
- Prediction:
Magic 126 – Nets 99
Moneyline
- The Magic won 30 of the 38 Games they were listed as the moneyline favorite last season (78.9%).
- Orlando had a record of 5-1 when playing as a moneyline favorite with odds of -592 or shorter last year (83.3%).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Magic’s implied win probability is 85.5%.
- Brooklyn won 14, or 25%, of the 56 Games it played as underdogs last season.
- Last season, the Nets were at least a +440 underdog on the moneyline five times, losing each of those contests.
- Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Brooklyn has a 18.5% chance to win.
Against the spread
- Last year, the Magic put up 110.5 points per Game, only 2.8 fewer points than the 113.3 the Nets gave up.
- Orlando went 28-3 against the spread and 25-6 overall last season when scoring more than 113.3 points.
- When it scored more than 108.4 points last season, Brooklyn went 28-14-3 against the spread and 27-18 overall.
- Orlando went 38-9 against the spread and 38-9 overall last season when it gave up fewer than 110.4 points.
- Last season, the Magic were the NBA’s 24th-ranked offense (110.5 PPG), while the Nets ranked 15th in defensive points per Game (113.3) in the league.
- The 25th-ranked scoring NBA team was Brooklyn a season ago (110.4 PPG), while the Orlando squad was the third-ranked defense (108.4 PPG) in the league.
- The Magic out-scored their opponents by a total of 166 points last season (2.1 points per Game on average), and opponents of the Nets out-scored them by 237 more points on the year (2.9 per Game).
Over/Under
- Orlando’s average implied point total last season was 0.7 fewer points than its implied total in Friday’s Game (113.3 implied points on average compared to 114 implied points in this Game).
- Last year, Orlando outscored its implied point total for this matchup (114) 31 times.
- Brooklyn’s average implied point total last season (115.2 points) is 12.2 points higher than its implied total in this matchup (103 points).
How to watch Magic vs. Nets
- Game day: Friday, October 25, 2024
- Game time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV channel: YES and FDS-FL
- Location: Orlando, Florida
- Arena: Kia Center
- Live stream: Watch this Game Fubo
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